The image that accompanies this article on a school reopening protest captures a major mood in July 2020. The photo comes courtesy of Victoria Conti, who is also quoted in the piece: I don’t want my kids to stay in front of a computer all day long. It’s not good for health, for mental health, […]
Rant
How accurate is the page-per-minute rule?
Back in 2006, I answered a reader question about page counts: Every screenwriting book I’ve read, class I took, and basically the first rule I learned says: ONE PAGE OF A PROPERLY FORMATTED SCRIPT = APPROX. A MINUTE OF SCREEN TIME. I know one page of say a battle can last five minutes whereas one […]
Living the dream
When we celebrate the notion that anyone could become the next billionaire, we encourage this mass delusion that good times are always just around the corner.
We’re voting yes. But.
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In this special mini-episode, John and Craig talk through the upcoming WGA strike authorization vote — what it actually means, and why they’re both voting yes.